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PROCEEDINGS 

OF THE 

HATZONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION ^^^ 

HELD AT 

FRANKFORT, KENTUCKY, 

ON 

TBURSDAT, DEOBIOBER 9, 1830. 



A Convention of Delegates, from the different counties in the state 
nf Kentucliv, met in Frankfort, on Thursday, the 9th of December. 
1S30. 

Upon calling to order, the following members appeared and took 
their seats, viz: 

Adair — Presley O. Trabue, Stephen Miller. 

Allen— Win. P. Neiile. 

Anderson — WiUiatn McGinn!*, John T. Davis, Edward MouDtjoy, VVm. S, 
Hickman, C. H. Fenwick, Lewis Wilson, Nimrod E. Martin, E. C. Miller, 
Dickson G. Dedman. 

Enrren — tlez. P. Murrell, Franklin Gorin. 

Bath — Wm. Mariiham, Andrew Trumbo, Jr. Won. M. Sudduth, Jamea 
Suddiiih. —- 

Boone — James Currie, James M. Gaines, Philip S. Bush, James M. Prestoc, 

Bourbon — J;imes Garrard, John L. Hickman, Nimrod L. Lindsey, Thomas 
Matsori, Julius Culbertson, Jnhn B. Raine, George Redman, John Roola 
Thornton, Geortje W. Williams, Wm. Hickman, David Gass, T. A Marshall, 
Sidney P. Clay.' 

Bracken — John Payne, John Colglazier, Buckner S. Morris. 

Breckenridge— John Calhoun, Willis Green. 

Bullitt — Wm. R. Grigsby, Noah C. Summers, John Alexander. 

Caldwell — Thomas Haynes and John Mr.Grew. 

Campbell — Henry H. Southgate, James T. Berry, C. B.Sandford, John N. 
Taliaferro. 

Christian — Francis Summers, David S. Patton, Yonnjj Ewins^, Charles S. 
Morehead, Gustavus A. Henry, James Gholson, Joseph B. Crockett, Archibald 
Gant, James W. Ewing. 

Clarke — Thornton Lewis, John C. Chiles. 

Clay— Stephen W. Bates, John Hibbard. 

Cumberland — Burr H Emmerson, Alfred King. 

Edmondson — Wm. Anderson. 

Estill — Simpson Murrell, John F. Smith, 

Fayette— Edmund Bullock, Wm. E. Dudley, Henry E. Innis Uichard IL 
thinn, Robert Wickliffe, F.dward J. Wilson, John Curd, James True, Charles 
Carr, Thomas M. Allen, Andrew S Parker. 

Fleming — Wm. Farrow, Wm. Summers, Jno. Wallingsford, Ab'ttj. McGow- 
an, John Andrews, M. P. Marshall. 

Floyd— Edwin Trimble. 

Franklin — Wm. Hall, Benjamin Lowens, Geore;e Penn, Ben. Mills, James 
W. Dennv, John Woods, John Harvie, Robert W. Scott, Allen F. Macurdy, 
John J. Marshall, T. Ward Noel, Charles Mills, Cornelius Fenwiek, Wm. Ow- 
en, George Sudduth. 

Gallatin— Wm. Connell, William Gray, Alexander Latty, Hugh L. 
Givens. 






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liarrari] — Joshua Fry, Tho. Kennedy, John Jenning?, Moses V 
Simeon H. Anderson, Charles H. Talbot. 

Grant — Sam. L. Sins^leton, Th. J. Ordon, Ab'm. Jonas. 

Graves — Richard Taylor, Jr. 

Grayson — Wm. Cunningham, Jack Thomas. 

Green— Wm. T. Willis, Creed H. Craddock, Samuel J. Cook, Robert F. 
Barret. 

Greenup— Wm. Conner, Wm. G. Carter. 

Hardin — Samuel Haycraft, John L. Helm, James Crutcher. 

Harlan — Robert George, Schelton Renfro 

Hairison — Wm. K. Wall, Isaac Miller, Andrew Moore, Wm. Brown. 

Hart — Samuel Garvin, Taylor G . Owen, George T. Wood. 

Henry— Roland M. Thomas, Samuel Prior, Henry Moore, Thomas P. 
Coats, Joseph Kelly, Sr. Samuel Irel.Tnd, Wm. Asun. 

Henderson — Archibald Dickson, Francis Lockett. 

Hickman — W. Williamson, Richard Taylor, Jr. 

Hopkins — Ambrose G. Gordon, James Metcalfe. 

Jefferson — John Williamson, Richard Chew, Benjamin Coffin, W. P. 
f omasson, James Rudd, Wm. A. Gocke. 

Jessamine — M&son Singleion, Wm. Robertson, David L. Woodson, Geot-ge 
W. Brown. 

Knox — Wm. Hopper, Jesse Clemens, Henry Wherret, James Love. 

Laurel — Samuel Wilson. 

Lewis — Nesbit Taylor, Joseph Robb. 

Lincoln — Ephraim Pennineton, Wm. Faris, Christian Ingrleman, MiltoH 
Withers, Michael Davidjon, Henry Owsley, Logan Hunton, Thomas Helm, 
Wm. Craia;. 

Livingston — Wiley P. Fowler. 

Lo?an — Henry P. Broadnax, John B. Bibb, E. M. Ewing, Presley More- 
head, James W. Irvine, A. R. Macey. 

Madison — Joseph Miller, David Irvine, Daniel Breck, Manzey Q. Ashbj. 

Mason — Adam Beatty, RicharH H l'<^o, Thomas W. Nelson, Jasper S. 
Morris, Wm. Hollon, James Byers, Winslow Parker. 

Mercer — Thomas W. Fry, Joseph P. Weiseger, James P. Mitchell, James 
Harlan, James B. Prather. Ch. M. Cunningham. 

Monroe— John W. Webb, Jeiferson Gee, Rice Maxej . 

Monteromery — Thomas' C. Barns, Andrew Simpson, Josiab Davis, William 
Baldwin, Richard Apperson. 

Muhlenburg— Wm. C. McNarTijRobert McLain. 

Nelson—Enoch H. McKay, Wm. Elliott, Burr Harrison. 

Nicholas— John S. Morgan, Eldridge Burden. 

Oldham— James S. Crutchfield, John W. Rowzie, Philip R. Eubank, Isaac 
V\.. Gwathmey. 

Owen— Sidnor D. Hanks, Joel Ilerndon, Thomas A. Berryman, John C. 
B icon. 

Pendleton — John Hobday, Francis Chalfant, Louis N. Wilcnxon, Miner 
Winn, Samuel T. Hauser 

Perry — Elijah Combs, Hiram Stamper, Alexander Patrick, John A. Duff. 
Jesse CoiTibf . 

Pike— Henry Wolcott. 

Pulaski — George W. Saunders, John B. Curd, Augustas Haydon, Berry 
Smith, Bourn Goegin. 

Rof-kcastle — Charles Colyer. 

Rurst.ll — EbenezerN. Robinson, John Moore, Jeremiah S. Pierce, Joseph 
S. Blp<lsoe. 

Scott — Nimrod L. Finnell, Andrew Harper, Joseph I. Lemon, James Pat* 
terson, .Milus W. Dickey, James F. Robinson, James K. Duke. 

Shelby — Samuel Tevis, James Biad^haw, George W. Johnson, Abraham 
G. Watts, Josephus M. Wilson, Samuel Shannon, Josiah 'NXcGruder, Ben. Bor- 
durant, Joho Dooly, Fleming H. Garnett. 

Simpson — Henry Stratton. 

Spencer — David R, Poiguand. 



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Todd— Lewis Leavill, Whitnel Fort, Francis M. Brietow, Richard B. New, 
X. M. Ewin?, Newton Fox. ' 

Tri?? — Jnines Daniel, Wa)'man Crow. 

Warren— Ben. Vance, Robert W. Lucas. Euclid M. Covington, C. T. 
{ Ounovan, James R. Skjies, Cuthbert T. Jones, William C. Payne. Henrv 

;i I,, Shanks, J. T. Morehead. '' ' ' 

Washington— John W, Bainbrid^e, Th. B. Hughes, Frederick W. Tapnall, 
-Martin D. McHenry, Edward Berry, Samuel Smith, Giles D. Smith, John B. 
Bemis. 

Wajne — Clnaveland L. Coffee, James Ranier. 

Woodford — Alexander Dunlap, Willis Field, Churchill J. Blackburn, 
Ghapman Coleman, Nathaniel Hart, John W.Coleman. 

Two hundred and niny- nine in all. 

General James Garrard, of Bourbon, was, by a unanimous voice, 
diosen President; Johx Payne, of Bracken, was appointed Secretary, 
and David Irvine, of Madison, and John T. Davis, of Anderson, were 
appointed Assistant Secretaries. 

The Convention then adjourned until 3 o'clock, P. M. 

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 

On motion of Mr. Breck, the following resolution was adopted, viz : 

Resolved, Tliat a committee of one m.ember from each Senatorial 
district, be appointed to take into consideration the objects for which 
this Convention has been called, and to prepare a report thereon. 

And Messrs. Willis, W. Brown, E. M. Ewing, Tevis, G. W. Brown, 
Preston, Haines, Metcalfe, Rubb, Thomas, Breck, Jonas, J. Fry, M. P. 
Marshall, Love, Calhoun, Rapier, Harrison, Sudduth, Chew, Gorin, 
Chiles, Craicr, B. S. Morris, J. F. Robinson, J. T. Morehead, Crutcher, 
Gvvathmey, Bainbridge, Bledsoe, Y. Ewing, Beatty, Cunningham, T. A. 
Marshall, WickiifFe, Apperson, B. Mills and Maxey, were appointed. 

The Convention then adjourned until tO'-morrow morning at 
o'clock. 

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1830, 

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 

Mr. Mills, from the committee appointed on yesterday, reported 
the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted; and leave 
given said committee to sit again: to which committee Messrs. Denny 
and Chinn were added. 

1. Resolved, That the preservation of the American System, is 
essential to the prosperity of the people of the United States; and that 
its destruction would be highly prejudicial to their best interests. 

2. Resolved, That the general government possesses the power, 
under the Constitution of the United States, to encourage, promote and 
construct internal improvements, and that the exercise of this power 
advances the common interests of the Union, and is indispensably 
necessary to the people of the western states; who, without it, would 
not obtain a fair portion of the i)enefits, whilst they sustain an equal 
share of the burthens of the confedei-acy. 

3. Resolved, That the veto placed upon the Maysville road bill, and 
the President's withholding from Congress the bill for aiding the com- 



pielion of the Louisville and Portland Canal, were bighhandetl moa- 
sures of power, without example in the practice, and irreron.-ileabie to 
the nature of free governments; and that the reasons assigned for them, 
are shewn to have been insincere, by the wasteful expenditure of pub- 
lic money in other instances, recommended by, or proceeding immedi- 
ately from the acts of the President, and by his approval of other works 
of internal improvement, 

4. Resolved, That the dismission, by the executive of the United 
States, of incumbents from office, for no other reason than their prefer-^ 
enceof one Presidential candidate to another, is arlitrary and despoiic,- 
utterly hostile to the free exercise of elective franchise, and is as per- 
nicious and dangerous to the stability of tree instit uions, as il is ad- 
Verse to their nature, and wrong and unjust in principle. 

5. Resolved, That the appointment to office .>f such a large number 
of members of Congress, by the present administration, is in direct op- 
position to the principles avowed and the pledges made by tlrj present 
chief magistrate, previous to his election; and that, coupled with the 
appointment also, of a disproportionate number of editors and printers of 
newspapers, distinguished by their zeal in espousinj; his election: this 
convention cannot but view the tendency of both, as inevitable towards 
the corruption of Congress and of the press. 

6. Resolved, That the south western Indians are entitled to the 
peaceable and quiet enjoyment of the lands secured to them, by treaties 
with the United States, until they choose voluntarily to cede them to 
the United States: and that they have a natural right, recognized by 
those treaties, to live under their own laws, free from the disturbance 
of any state, 

7. Resolved^ That the duty is enjoined upon the President of th© 
United States, by their laws and treaties, to protect the south western 
Indians in the enjoyment of their rights of territory and self-crovern- 
ment, and that the wilful neglect of the President to execute that duty 
is a nullification, by his individual authority, of those laws and trea- 
ties, dangerous in precedent and practice, and in positive violation 
of his solemn obligations, 

8. Resolved, That the recalling of our foreign ministeraand send- 
ing others in their stead, upon the obvious ground that they had been 
active and zealous partizans of the President, in the late election, are 
unjustifiable upon principle, or the former constant usage of the o-o- 
vernment, and have been the occasion of a wasteful and exJravagtint 
expenditure of public money, and in some instances, of a degradation 
of the national character. 

9. Resolved, That after the rejection in a full Senate, of persons 
nominated to office by the President, to nominate the same persons iu 
the absence of some of the members who had voted against them, and 
thus to procure the confirmation of their appointments, is derogatory to 
the character and fair conduct, both of the President and Senate. 

10. Resolved, That the claim of the slate of South Carolina, of a 
right to nullify by her individual will, the laws of the United States, is 
an absurd pretension, destitute of reason or principle, and that this con- 
vention cannot i iit regret, that thestateof South Carolina has rcco ved 
countenance in that pretension, by the support which the Presidontihas 



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g^vcn to a similar pretension of the state of Georgia, to nullify the laws 
and treaties of the United States, which relate to the south wesU'.rn 
Indians; by the disregard whi^h he threatens of the obligations of those 
laws and treaties, and by the confidence and friendship which he ex- 
tends to si.me of the principal advocates and propagators of the Sout^ 
Carolina heresv. 

11. Resolve J, That considering the alarming tendency of the 
. I principles and practice of the present administration, the mischiefs- 
' M'hich it has done, and» those which are threatened, this convention 
\ concurs cordially and unanimously with the people who constitiv- 

ved it, in the necessity of a change of the chief magistrate of the 
United States, and of the election of another citizen, who would admin- 
ister the government upon principles more conformaDle to our free insti- 
tutions, to the constitution, to the safety of the Union, and to the pra- 
servaiion of those great measures of policy jndispensibleto the national 
prosperity. 

12. Resolved, therefore. That HENRY CLAY be recommended 
to the people of the United Spates, as a suitable person for their support, 
at the next election of a President of the Uiiited Stales. 

13. Resolved, That it Le recommended to the people of this state^ 
who concur in sentiment as to the propriety of this change, to elect del- 
egates, during the next summer or autumn, to meet in convention at 
Frankfort, on the day of 183], to nominate elec- 
tors of President and Vice President, who will support the above nomi- 
nation of Henry Clay; that it be recommended to them to enlarge the 
uowers of the said convention, so as to embrace the objects of noniiiuit- 

«./W at that time, a candidate for Vice President of the United States, 
' t-pd also, to nominate a candidate for the otRces of Governor and Lieu- 
tenant Governor of this state. 

14. Resolved, That in the event, that a national convention shall 
be held in the city of Washington or elsewhere, by the friends ofoijr 
principles, previous to the next Presidential election, that twelve dele- 
gates be, and they are hereby appointed, to meet in said convention, and 
represent Kentucky therein. The delegates hereby appointed, are 
authorized to fill any vacancies that may occur in their body. 

15. Resolved, That seven pej-sons, to be nominated by the chair- 
man of this convention, be, and they are hereby appointed a central 
committee for Kentucky, to correspond with similar committees in 
other states, and with the various county committees whi'^.-h may be ap- 
pomted in our own state, and that said committee be authorized to fill any 
vacancy which may happen in their own body. 

16. Resolved, Thai this convention recommend to the friends of 
the American System, of the Union and of Hexry Clay, in the several 
counties of this state, to appoint corresponding committees to communi- 
cate with the central coamiittee, and also to appoint large committees 
of vigilance, for the purpose of promoting the success of our cause ia 
their respective counties. 

17. Resolved, further. That our friends throughout the state indi- 
vidually, and collectively, be earnestly solicited to take measures in 
their several counties and districts, to ensure harmony and energy in 
our elections, and to prevent a competition between the advocates oF 
our cause, whicb is calculated to produce dissention and defeat. 



The ©entral eomniittee was appointed, in pursuance of the'fuur 
teenth resolution, to consist of the following persons, viz: 

John J. Marshall, Jacob Swisert, Charles S. Morehead, James 
W. Denny, Mason Brown, Thomas T. Crittenden and Thomas Triplett. 

In pursuance of the fifteenth resolution, the following persons were ^ 
appointed, viz: 

Martin P. Marshall, John L. Hickman, Richard H. Chinn, Dmiel 
Breck, William Brown, James W. Denny, George C. Thompson, Wil^ 
liam T. Willis, Burr Harrison, Hezckiah P. Merrell, James Crutcher,' 
Thompson M. Ewing. 

The Conventioathen adjourned to meet again to-morrow morning 
at 9 o'clock. 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1830. 

The Convention met pursuant to adjournment. 

Mr. Mills, from the committee appointed on Thursday, presented 
an address, which being read, was unanimously adopted, and directed 
to be published. 

Mr. WicklifFe, of Fayette, and Mr. Benjamin Hardin, of Nelson, 
addressed the Convention. 

On motion of Mr. Beatty, 

Resolved, That the Central Committee be requested to call upon 
Messrs. Wickliffe and Hardin, and request them to furnish for publica- 
tion, a copy of the very able addresses, this day delivered by them, 
before the Convention. ( 

On motion of Mr. Tcvis, U 

Resolved, That the Central Committee be, and they are hercbM 
directed, to cause the proceedings of this Convention to be published 
in pamphlet form, and that they distribute the same at their discretion. 

On motion of Mr. Macey, 

Resolved, That the thanks of this Convention be tendered to the 
Presbyterian Society, for the use of their church, and that the Central 
Committee be directed to defray the expense. 

On motion, Mr. Beatty was called to the chair, and thereupon; 

On motion of Mr. J. T. Morehead, 

Resolved, That the thanks of the Convention be presented to its 
President, for the dignified and impartial manner in which he has 
discharged the duties imposed upon him. 

The Convention then adjourned without day. 

JAMES GARRARD, Pres^; 

Attest— John Pay^-b; Secretary. 



TO THE PEOPLE OF KENTUCKY. 

The Convention, appointed by a large portion of you, met at 
Erankfort, on the 9th of December, 1830. Delegates attended from 
seventv-one counties. The greatest harmony and unanimity prevailed. 
IIENRY CLAY was unanimously nominated a candidate for the 
^Presidency of the United States. A candidate for Vice Presidency 
Kvas not selected. It was thought better to await the further develope- 
(nient of public sentiment. A Convention, to meet in 1831, has been 
1 ecommended: to that body, the duty of selecting a candidate for the 
^ ice Presidency i^ referred. To that Convention is submitted, a 
rccommer.datii)n of candidates for Electors, and for the offices of Gover- 
norand Lieutenant Governor. 

The Convention adopted the foregoing resolutions^ expressive of its 
sentiments in relation to public alia irs, and this 



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Upon the election of a Chief Magistrate, it is due to him, to 
the majorily by whom he was chosen, and to fairness, that the 
acts and policy of his administration should be candidly, and de- 
Uberately examined, and judgment formed and pronounced 
.'iccordin^ly. 

When the present Chief Magistrate of the Union was elected, 
hnany of his opponents feared the event as one likely to bring 
upon the country serious evils; while many of his friends main- 
tained that he would pursue the footsteps of his illustrious prede- 
ffc.sors; that he would preserve the established policy of the 
nation; that he would surround himself liy able and experienced 
counsellors; and that whatever changes he might produce would 
sim only, at the greater .'•f^curily of our republican institutions, 
and a greater economy in the administration of the government. 

Notwithstanding the apprehensions which were entertained 
of the course of President Jackson's Administration, this conven- 
tion believes that the resolution was general among the opponents 
of his election, to adhere to the just and liberal rule in judging 
of his acts which has been before stated. If there be any who 
are ready toallcge that opposition began to exhibit itself shortly 
after the commcncoment of his administration, the obvious answer 
occurs, that the first acts of his administration gave just grounds 
of dissatisfac tion. If his cabinet had been such as his friends and 
the country hnd a right to expect, if a spirit of vindictive pro- 
scription had not been displayed, if the most solemn promises and 
pledges had not been violated; we confidently affirm that such 
an opposition as now exists extending throughout the continent, 
would not have arisen: and we ask the candid supporters of his 
election and admiisistration, as friends and brethren equally inter- 
n csted with ourselves in the welfare of our country, if hismeasures 



have been such as they anticipated. Those who Jiott' oppose hirhai^t, 
not abandoning their long cherished principles. The\ are not now 
advocating measures of national policv which they formerly op' 
p03<»d, nor opposing Such as they formerly advocated. Look at 
the conduct of the prominent individuals in the opposition. Is 
there any inconsistency between the principles which are no\y 
proclaimed and those which have been ever professed by tliem, 
A^d in relation to Mr. Clav himself, we unhesitatingly assert tiial 
if ihis administration had supported in good faith, those grea 
systems of national policy which he has undpviatingly sustained. 
lie would still have given his hearty co-operation in continuing tc 
sustain them. 

Prior to the instajlatidn of the President, it was announced by 
one of his confidential and principal agents in the election, sifjr;; 
become his oflicial organ, that he would "reward his friends and 
punish his enemies." This was a novel principle to be acted on, 
or publicly avowed. We had been taught to believe that this was 
a government of THE PEOPLE, to be administered for the 
people's benefit; and that all public offices and public trusts were 
lield for the service of the people. But according to this innova- 
tion, President Jackson had a right to regard these otiices and 
trusts as //./5 not theirs; to be employed by him as instruments of 
favor to his friends or vengeance to his enemies. Never was a de- 
cree sent forth which was more literally fulfilled. Its promulg;*- 
tion and execution were almost simultaneous. Some thousands 
of officers attaciied to the various departmentsat home and abrojid 
have been hurled from their stations, because President Jackson 
chose to coiisidcr them his enemies; and the fact of tluir beirig 
inimical to him was deemed to be established, because in the exer- 
cise of their freedom of choice guaranteed by the Constitution^ 
they had voted against his election. 

We will not detain you in tearing away the veils which have 
been successively used to cover this unprecedented procedure. 
The whole nation now knows that the crime for which tliese offi- 
cial incumbents were thus punished was that of an ind«'pendant 
exercise of the elective franchise. This is universally admitted 
and has been officially acknowledged. 

Tlie consequences which might have been ejtpected fronfi a 
change so general of public functionaries have occiirred. In 
numerous instances faithless or incompetent or inexperieneed inai- 
vidnals who would take no denial have sought and obtained otnce. 
Some have been rejected by, whilst others have been forced 
through a reluctant Senate. If the reward were President Jack- 
son's reward, the loss resulting from these improper appointments 
has not been his loss but that of the people. Several cases have 
already arisen of fraud and peculation by tln-se iiewly appointed 
officers, and of the arrest, trial and condemnation of some of 



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Uiem for cnminal offences, find it is probable that there nxp. 
others equal))' guilty, whose ofi^ences are not jet brought t6 
■light. 

During the former canvass abuses were supposed to exist 
in the then order of administering the go\ernment, and tiie pre- 
sent incumbent promised the people hi? aid in correcting them. 
It was said to be bad policy for the President to sele( t from mem* 
bers of Congress individuals forotficr offices; that it was snb- 
' jecting him to indelicate and troublesome importunities, fromi 
those by whom he was continually surrounded during a consider- 
able portion of the year; that it was calculated to destroy, at 
■least to impair the independence of that body, and to swell the 
power of the EKecutive to an extent which was dangerous to ouf 
•institulions; above all that it created strong temptations to abuses 
on the part of the executive, whenever the incumbent was looking 
forward to a reelection. Ttiese were the avowed sentiments of 
our present Chief Magistrate. They were urged upon the peo- 
ple by his friends. The country had a right to expect an obser- 
vance of them. It was at least due to his friends. But what is 
the fact? More members ofCongress have already been selected 
by him forolFiCe, than bj' any of his predecessors during tiieir 
whole term of service. Has there been any revolution in the 
moral condition of man? Is his nature changed? Have peculiar 
circumstances intervened which make that right in the incura'- 
bent which was radically wrong in his predecessor? What are 
tiiose circumstances? Js tliere on the part of tlie people of these 
United States an entire absence of independence? Are they pre- 
pared to surrender their own pure and deliberate opinions, to the 
opinio!) of any indivrduil? Are they prepared to abandon principle 
and blindly follow the will, tlie wiiim, or caprice of another? If 
they do not think for themselves, and maintain their opinions 
when formed, how can they expect a perpetuation of the wisest 
of all governments ever establislied? 

To preserve the purity of our institutions, it was ads-iitted 
by all, that the public press should be kept free from thecontam- 
i-natmg influences of Executive patronage. It was regarded in 
olden time as the palladitmi of our libcrti(;s — tiie means by which, 
public sentiment was formed; and the medium tlirough which it 
was disseminated. Tiiosc who wielded it were looked upon as the 
oracles of truth. They were the centiuels and faithful centinels 
posted upon the "outer walls" of the ramparts of liberty. To at- 
tempt to seduce them, or even to divert them from their never 
ceasing vigilance, was regarded as a sacriligious attack upon the 
purity of our free institutions. There are still some, true to 
their high calling, whom no charms can seduce, no patronage 
jillure, no power intimidate, who are seen intently gazing upon 
tlie liberties of their country, and heard to thunder their anathe- 

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rnasag.iliiv.ULo5e who wouKl violntc them.. But the mauyyielif- 
fbg to thciures of ofiicial favor, have become the servile instrif- 
ments of the rewarding power, are seen abandoning their princi- 
ples, and ehifting their grounds with all the sycophancy of depen- 
dents, and manifesting their attachment to President Jackson by 
an indiscriminate support of every measure of his administration. 
For this degrading subserviency he feeds their rapacious appetites 
from the public resources of the country, and they continue to 
regale him with the mangled reputations of the great and good. 

Can public sentiment under this order of things, long remani 
pare? Will not the public taste become vitiated^ public morals 
destroyed? Truth and falsehood, vice- and virtue be confounded 
in one dark chaos, and the liberties of the people be lost in the 
corruption of the press. 

In the former canvass many of the friends of the present 
incumbent, saw or thought they saw great and dangerous 
evils in the practice of electing a Presi(ler)t for a second term. 
They urged that the public press might be subsidized — thai 
offices would i)e conferred upon m^'mhers of Congress — that the 
independence of their immediate representatives might thus be 
shaken — that the distinctions between fitness and unfitness for the 
office might no longer be regarded. They knew that power lusts 
after power: they said that the whole patronage of the executive, 
might be applied with a single eye to the re election of the incum- 
bent, and they expressed the determinalion, that the}^ would vote 
for no man to be President of these United States, longer than 
for a single term, ff the incumbent did not in terms declare bis 
convictions of the proprietyof establishing such a precedent, he 
at least became committed by his avowed favor to an amendment 
of the Constitution, having that for its object, and by suiTering 
his friends (o advance his pretentions upon that principle. 
Whether in this particular, principle is to yield to pleasure or 
policy, and Gencr^U Jackson is to be again a candidate, time alone 
can determine By the rewards which he has bestowed upon his 
frienrls; by the punishments which he has inflicted on his enemies; 
])y his numerous appointments of members of Congress to office, 
and by the extraordinary inducements which he offers to the 
( onductors of the press toenlistin his support, he seems to bead- 
opting the corrupLing means which his friends declared an am- 
bitious President might pursue to secure a re-election. But many, 
very many, itave declared their determination to, persevere in an 
adhcrefire to the pri!;cij)!e heretofore asserted by them, and itiii 
liclicvcd that the trammels of party, the alluremcr»ts of office, 
fho fhrentsof power, will beunequai to command the observance 
of a diOerenl course, on the part of the staid, sober, intelligent, 
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'the power, and policy of protcctin<]j, nnd eEceuragitig tUii 
Aiidtistry of our own citizf^ns, by laying duties upon llie manufac- 
turfd articles of other countries, has beei) saiiclioned by every 
administration, since the organization of the government. It was 
o.nc of the grounds of hostility to the nnother country, during our 
colonial state, that by her policy, we were connpelled. at great 
sacrilicc, to resort to her workshops forailicles of ordinary use^ 
which we could as readily produce by our own labor — it was a, 
principle involved in our revolution; one which nerved the arms 
ia\(\ aninnated the breasts of our heroes and patriots. The work 
of independence was regarded but as half complete, by its recog- 
nition in terms. 

Englaiid has endeavoured to keep all Christendom in a quasi 
collonial condition, by proclaiming the doctrine of free trade, and 
practising tlie policy of restriction. Thereby regulating and 
controlling the labour, the prosperity and happiness of all other 
nations. In Ihis she has been but too successful. Whenever a 
class of her labourers was about to encounter competition in 
other quarters, all her energies were directed to its destruction; 
and in many cases, she has been enabled to etfect the ruin of 
thousands, and even to enslave the governments in worse than 
Egyptian bondage. Witness the present condition of Portugal^ 
one of the most fertile and prolific countries under the sun: pro- 
ducing the vine with more profit than any other country. It was 
certainly her staple; and as exclusively so, as any one article 
could be in any portion of the world, so extended. She restricted 
the us«i of woolen goods manufactured in other couiitries: her 
own manufactures oftlie articles flourished; a home market was 
increased for her staple; the vineyards were still more profitable^ 
because ot the number of her citizens engaged in manufactures. 
She v/as a happy, prosperoas, and rapidly becoming a powerful 
nation. England had levied heavy duties upon her wines; and 
for t!ie purpose of destroying competition in the manufacture af" 
woollen goods, she entered into a treaty, by which Portugal 
wines were to be imported into England free of duty, and the 
manufactured articles of England admitted into Portugal, free 
of duty. This was a kind of free trade system between the two 
countries, adopted for a time only, and supposed to be highly 
beneficial to Portugal. The consequence, however, was, that 
I'ortugal was immediately overrun with the woollen goods o( 
British manufacture: the price thereof, greatly reduced below 
what it could be produced for, in either country. The manufac- 
turers of Portugal, ruined in their fortunes, abandoned their pur^ 
suits; sought employment in the production of the vine; increased 
competition with themselves; reduced the value of the produc- 
tion thereof, and cheapened the general labor of the country. 
When their workshops and factories were completely destroyed 
the British artisan and manafactarer, taxed them in the price of 



tlieir profJuctions, more than an equivalent for their loss in brealc- 
ing them down; and, ever since, the people of Fori U!i;aJ- have 
been hewers of wood and drawers of water, for the British.* 

After our independence was recognized, and the govern- 
ment formed, it became the earhcst care of the father of his coun- 
try, to render us independent in fact, as well as theory; and to 
tJiis end, he recommended to t!)c first Congress tlie laying of 
appropriate duties upon the manufactured aricles of other coun- 
tries. He seemed to have been aware that the God of Nature 
had intended, from the sahibrify of the climate and fertility of 
soil, with which he had ble-sed our wide spread conntrv, that 
we should ever continue to be mainly an agricultural ppople. 
But that to render such pursuit most profitable, and to render 
us independent in fict, we should be a manutacturing people j 
at least, to the extent of our consumption, of all article? of which 
Y/e produced, or could readily produce, the raw material. Tliese 
were the views of the patriots and statesmen of that day, and 
were inforced by irresistible arguments, by the then Sc^crctary of 
tlie Treasury. Each succeeding President — each succeeding Con- 
gress, whenever the subject has been presented — the Legisla- 
tures of almost every state in the Anierican Union — the Gov- 
ern.orsof the several states, and the people of the United States, 
have, up tlie present time, maintained, sanctioned, and entorced 
tliis principle. It is a fixed and settled principle of the govern- 
raent; one of its fuiulamenal laws dear to freemen, and which 
they will never surrender, except with their liberties. 

It has been mo=:t fordly cherished by the people of Kentucky. 
They have, from time to time, through their legifiatures, ^eque^t- 
ed their Represent;itives, and insiructc<i their Senators in Con- 
grnss, to give their aid in carryintj out, and sustaining the Tariif. 
jf was rendered the more peculiarly dear to them, by reason of 
their dependence upon England, duritig the last war, for even a 
blanket, to protect them against the inclemencies of a northern 
climate. 

Inseparable from the successful pursuit of manufactures, is 
the facility with which the articles manufactured, the raw mate- 
rials, and the subsistence of tlie manulacturerscan be transported 
throughout the country. To this end, and for the convenience 
of transporting munitions of war, circulating intelligence, and 
more firjnly uniting the American States, by increasing the inter- 
course among (hem, a system was long since commenced, of 
expending a portion of the surplus revenue of the government, 
in the constru'lion of roads and other works of internal im- 
provement. The jurisdiction over tlie territory covered by such 
works, has ever been considered u matter of moment — apart 
from this question, the subject, until recently, appeared to 
he free from difikutiy. Tli'c wisdom of Coisgress had from 



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time to time been ealled into action upon tlie subject; about 
seventeen tinnes has it been made to bear upon the great Cunn- 
berland Road, uniting tiie East witli the West — and the caute has 
triumphed. 

In the work of internal improvement, the people of tb.e West? 
are most pecuHarly interested. They pay their lull quota annu- 
all}' for the support of the governmerit. Kenlurky alone prfvs 
an indirect tax of one million two hundred thousand dollars. 
The mind is startled with a calculation of the amount which she 
has paid since the organization of tlie government, and wluch she 
will pay for a half century to come, compared with that which 
has been expended within her territorial limits, and wliicli wiR 
be expended, if this system is now^ io be prostrated. Such a 
com.parison will exhibit in an alarming aspect, the impoverishing 
etlects of this constant and enormous drain upon her resources^- 
while no replenishing stream is permitted to restore to her a 
portion of her exhausted treasure. 

Kentucky had peculiar claims upon the justice, if not upon 
the bounty of the general government. FIcr citizens, and tl'eir 
ancestors, were the first to penetrate the Western wilds; and to 
encounter all the privations and hardships incident to emiiirationj 
braving the ruthless foe, more savage than the howling ben^ts 
that surrounded them. Thereby, they opened a ready commu. ca- 
tion with the unsettled regions in the valley of the Mississippi, .-;tjd 
added greatly to the value of tb.e national domain. She had shed 
her blood freelv in vindication of the rights of the nation. She had 
poured it forth, as well as her treasure, in redressing the wrongs 
of tbose contiguous to the seaboard. She petitioned the general 
government to afiTord her some facilities in the construction of a 
road from the interior to the channel of the Ohio. Both Houses 
of Congress regarded her petilion as reasonable, and passed an 
act for the purpose. The intelligence was hailed with heartfelt 
gratification by every one; not so much on account of the 
value thereof, as tiie earnest thereby given, that the fair and 
reasonable claims of (he West would be uo longer disregardc^d, 
and the system which she had so fondly chcrisiied, would be 
perpetuated. Anthem.s of praises were sung to the conquering 
hero, under v/hose auspices t'lis great achievement had been 
accomplished. It wis presented to the President of the United 
States for his approbatio;i; none doubting that it would re- 
ceive his concurrence. But to the astoisish.ment of all, he said, 
" I forbid it." F.^rhid what ? The people of the United States^ 
through (heir representatives in Congress, trom appropriaiing 
(hfir money according to their conceptions of fitness and propriety. 

We feel assured, that such power was never before exercised 
by any other executive, in thh or any other government, ia 
rtiicien-t or modern times: and the most extraordinarv circum- 



&iauccs should have existed, to have authorised it; hat lliere 
were none. Reasons, if such they nnight be termed, were offered, 
contradictory, unintelligible, and we fear, insincere. Nothinj; 
(;learly appears, except hostility to the system; an aversion to 
Kentucicy, and an afTected devotion to the TariflT. The nullifiers 
of the South, with whom the President seems to be identified, 
regarded it as a vital stab to the American system; have been 
inspirited by it, and with more boldness have urged their wither- 
ing, destructive, not to say, treasonable doctrines. It becomes 
the friends of the American Syvstem, of order, of law, of govern- 
ment, of Union, (whilst such power is arrayed against them) to 
harmonise, and make a combined effort, for the preservation of 
that which is inseparable from their very existence. 

The policy of the present administration in regard to the 
Indians, is one which we believe should not receive the approba- 
tion of the American people. The Indians have an undoubted 
natural right to the peaceable enjoyment of their lands. The 
American people believe that there is something of abstract 
justice; and that power does not confer right. Apart from this 
natural right, they have one by contract, which we, as a nation, 
have bound ourselves to observe. The treaties of the United 
States become a part of the supreme law of the land, paramount 
to the constitution or laws of any of the States; and the Presi- 
dent of the United States is sworn to see the laws faithfully 
executed. When, therefore, the people of the United States 
have guaranteed to this miserable race of beings, the peaceable 
enjoyment of their lands, and the state authorities within whose 
limits they may be situated, shall attempt to invade their rights, 
hy entering upon their territory, and expelling them, or shall 
claim power and jurisdiction over them, for the purpose of ren- 
dering their cotidition insutferable beyond human endurance, 
and thereby effect their removal or annihilation, what is the 
duty of the President of tiie United States ? We answer, in the 
language of his oath, 'Ho gee the laws of the United States faith- 
fully executed." But on the contrary, he holds to this dependant 
and defenceless race, no language, even of consolation or hope; 
places them upon the iricrcy of (Jeorgia, or other states, and in a 
condition where 

" Mope never comes tliat cuiues to all." 

For what purpose, during these days of reform and econoaiy, 
the gum of half a million of dollars has been thrown into the 
hands of the President, time may determine. The avowed object 
was to enable him to set on foot a negotiation with the Indians 
within our limits. Five hundred tliousand dollars, to prepare 
to make a bargain with our neighbors, situated upon our own 
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if it could be usoil for any purpose, whatever, connect' 
f d with the subject, it could only be in bribin]^^ the chiefs ta 
l)rtrriv their tribes. Can it be, that this great, just, magDanimous 
people, wenld sanction such proceedings 1 

Why all these thrcatnin;:;?, and bnllyings; these lofty notes 
of preparation on the part of Georgia ? Is il, that licr own popu- 
lation has become so dense as imperiously to require the lands 
inhabited b\' the Indians, for the subsistence of her own citizens; 
Or is it to facilitate the operations of her speculators, when the 
lands mny he- camhled ofJi, l)y way of lottery ? Georgia claims to 
herself the right of nullifying a treaty of the United States. And 
the President is, with miich reason, claimed to he the head of 
the p.wty. South Carolina arrogalcs to herself the right to 
nullify a hiw of Congress; discusses the value of the Union; 
claims submission to her will; bohlly tulks of arms, and shedding 
the blood of her sisters. The President smiles upon them, instead 
of indignantly frowning upon them and their proceedings. Time 
wac, when every nan who called himself a patriot or republican, 
rcLTardcd every discussion of the value of the American Union, 
as moral tre;i>on. South Carolina, we are pleased to ftnd, has 
reileemirig projierties within herself ; otherwise wc should fear 
the speedy destruction of this fair fabric, and should look in vain 
for a corrective from t!ie powers that be. 

The executive oificer of the United States, should be the 
President of the people, not of a party. Let it be established as 
a prer('{i(M)t, and pursued in practice, that each succeeding 
incninhont sh.".!! pursue the work of reform ; shall reward his 
friends, and j)unish Ids enemies. The time is not distant when 
■we mav mourn over the lost lihertif s of otir country. Congress 
becomes corrupted; (lie public press becomes subsidised; thef 
people berome iiepia\od through their contaminating influences, 
and the transition from corruplion ;uul ignorance, to slavery, is 
natural and Cf^sv. 

The present Chi'^r ?kT;i;,^istr;>te talks of patriotism, and extols 
the British nation (or '••iier w'.sdom in peace, and greatness in 
war." He says, 'Hhe Union must be preserved," and smiles upon 
those who are calculalini*; iU value, and plotting its destruction; 
"members of Cosi^ress should not be selected for other offices, 
by the executive." Vet he greatly exceeds ail his predecessors 
in tlie number appointed. ''The Press should not bo subsi- 
dized." But where is his partizan editor, or journeyman printer, 
that remains unreward<vl ? '• Ecoi.omy should be the order of 
the day" — whilst exliava'^ance abounds in every department, 
particularly in the civil hst. "Oftices should be curtailed" — ofi 
the contrary, Ihev have been increased. " Bargain, intrigue, and 
inanagemer.t, sh-onl'd be pot down"— whilst the language is held 



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Ssrth to every one — Vote for me, and you may expect my patrcrs:- 
age in exclusion of nil who vote ae;ainst me. 

A western President was to be greatly preferred. The fair 
claims ofthe west would then be sust.iined. Kentucky, forgetting 
the many injuries that had boen inflicted upon her, by one of the 
aspirants — the wounded reputation and humble pride of her 
cliivalrous sons, united in sustaining him, and succeeded in hi.« 
elevation. She was buoyant with hope, that the fiirst favourable 
opportunity would be seized to manifest a sense of justice to the 
much neglected west. The occasion arrives; a Bill appropriating 
money tor the advantage of the west, receives the sanction of 
the Congress ofthe United States; it is presented to the Executive 
"for his approval; but the western President 'ingloriously fled.' 
No, he did not flee. He dared more than ever man had dared; 
he said itsliould not be, and his words were omnipotent. 

H'ly sucii an administrntion; can such a President claim the 
confidence or support ofthe freemen of Kenturkv. If there were 
obligations, have they not already been tuHilied on our part, and 
are not all claims for further support now forfeited? Whatare we 
to expect by a continuation of the present order of things? Are we 
to he rendered prosperous and happy at home, or respectable 
abroad? 

Tiiese are subjects worthy of the serious consideration ofthe 
"people, in whom ail power abides, and with whom only, is the 
.proper corrective to be found. 

Numberless other objections in detail mignt be urged a2:ains:t 
the powers that be, such as proceedings in relation to foreign 
tr/mlsters; particular appointments to other otiices- re-nominations 
to the Senate in the absence of some of its members, of officers, 
'felrcady rejected by that body- — but we forbear. Plappily for the 
cause of civil, pnjitical, and religious liberty — happily for the 
'people of the United States, the corrective for ail ab^ises in 
tiieir government, is within tiicir own hands; and alriioui;h thay 
Thay abound ;or a day, or a year, they may iook forward to the 
period, when without tumult or bloodshed they may eflect their 
destruction. 

In selecting a suitable successor to the present incumbent of 
the ofiice of President of the United States, we are free from any 
ditHculties; there is one personally known to us, to many of us 
endeared by an acquaintance of nearly forty y^ars duration; one 
who inherited nothing from his ancestors excpt a good name, 
poverty and helplessness; who is and has been all his life emphat- 
ically "one of the people" a plain unostentatious mun; whose 
eloquence at the bar and in the senate; whose wisiiom in couacilj 
at home and abroad, has commanded the respect of all Christen- 
dom. His philanthropy knows no limit-; the melioration) of 
thQ condition of man, has for many years engrossed macf» 



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qf his attentioD, anS called forth some of his most ardeut 
efforts. Where liberty dwells there are his friends; when sheiS 
stiugling for an existence he encounters all responsibility to aid, to 
eheer, and to animate her to a glorious triumph. When upon the 
southern part of our own continent, liberty was proclaimed to a 
suffering people, he was the first to catch and re-echo back the 
sound; and the thundering peals of his eloquence uttered upon 
the floor of Congress urging its recognition, were heard to the 
summit of the Andes; and his words, alone, produced|a glow of 
patriotJ3min the breasts of thousands, that roused them to further 
efforts in their glorious cause. 

When bleeding and suffering Greece had ventured an effort 
to throw off the shackles of bondage by which she had been long 
enchained by the haughty Ottoman; when the Cross was reared 
m defiance of the Crescent, his universal love of liberty again 
displayed itself: no physical aid could be affor<led by our govern- 
ment; but he implored them to risque the displeasure of the 
haughty Turk and Holy Alliance, and give them all the moral 
aid in our power. He wished to let them know, that although 
they were surrounded on all sides by the sworn enemies to the 
rights of man, by Kings, and despots, and the advocates of the 
divine rights of Kings, and despots, that there was afar off a 
people, who had read of the glorious de»ds of their ancestors; 
who had profited much by their illustrious examples; who had 
drank deep from their fountains of liberty; who had by the lights 
of Grecian history, found their way to the temple of freedom, in 
opposition to the most proud and formidable monarchy on earth. 

He wished them to be told that such a people existed, enjoy- 
ing all the blessings of civil, political, and religious liberty; all 
the blessings of self government, and that their warmest sympa- 
thies were enhsted in their behalf; that we were intently gazing 
upon their chivalrous efforts, and their glorious achievements; 
that we were imploring the father of mercies to crown their 
efforts with the fullest success. His voice at least was heard in 
Greece and was not unheeded. 

To attempt a sketch of his many virtues, and of his efforts in 
the cause of his country, would be to write its history for the last 
quarter of a century. His patriotism burns, with a pure, ardent, 
unextinguishable fervor. When the honor of his country was in- 
sulted, he was among the foremost to demand redress, and by hib 
wisdom was enabled to devise the means of commanding it. 
When upon the Missouri question, the Demon of Discord had 
threatened the harmony of the Union, his powerful and unmatch- 
ed eloquence compelled it to hide its head. His patriotism is lim- 
ited to no class, no sect, no order of men. If he has any predilecv 
lions, they are obviously in favor of the class from which he spraijig ; 
fW honest poor. 

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When he carao into political life; the American System ha^ 
-but little more than a name — although from the peculiar condi- 
iion of the civilized world at that time, the labour of the Ameri. 
■can citizen, was well rewarded; yet he could anticipate the con- 
sequences of a general peace in Europe and was aware that 
such 'an event would prostrate the husbandman, and greatly 
injure the arts, manufactures, and commerce of our country if 
some means were not resorted to by our Government to avoid it. 
Above all he entertained the most ardent desire that wc sliould 
be independent — that American genius and American industrv 
should be so encouraged, as to produce for us in times of peace and 
war, the raiment, and munitions, necessary for our comfort and 
condition. He never has for a single moment tolerated the poli- 
cy of rewarding orcncouraglng^ foreign industry in preference to 
our own. He has employed his transccndant powers in tlic 
establishment of the right and policy of the government in the 
construction of roads, and other works of internal improvement; 
and reduced it to a system, which, with the encouragement of 
home industry, has been appropriately termed the American 
System and entitled himself to the appellation of its Father. He 
is well informed of the structure of our government; has studied 
its constitution, and the laws enacted under it: is well versed in 
its history, as well as that of the several states. He understands 
the construction, policy and history of otlier governments, with 
which ne hold intercourse. He is intimately acquainted with 
the relations heretofore subsisting betveen our government and 
them. He loves his own country, is devoted to her institutions, 
is fond of his friends, tolerant to his enemies, just to all mon. 
His fame is identitied with the glory of his country; has become 
its properly; and we \re assured^ will never be tarnished by any 
act of his. Because of his intrepidity; liis adherence to principle; 
liis independence; his unbending integrity; the utter impossi- 
bility of using him otherwise than for his country's good, he has 
been traduced and hunted with more than barbarian cruelty. 
But the conscious rectitude of his own motives has sustained, and 
the countenance, approbation and plaudits of thousands of his 
i'tdlow citizens have cherished, and supported him under these 
"most trying circumstances. Almost any other man that ever lived, 
would have sunk under the combined attack made upon him 
through tongue, throug'i press, through governmental patronage 
and power: but he still stands erect, the sturdy oak of the forest, 
braving the elements, heedless of tiie angry storms that beat 
against him. Such a man is Henry Clay, and such his preten- 
sions. He advocates principles dear to us; and entertains views 
in accordance with our own. In presenting him to you as a can- 
didate for thiC highest office known to our constitution, we not 
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Wc express, ns we verily believe, Ihe sentiments, and reiteraic 
the voice of the friends of the American System throughout the 
Union. 

The prospect of the success of the cause in which we are 
engaged isof the most cheering character. Nothing is necessary 
to ensure success to the friends of Henry Chiy and the American 
System, but harmony, and co-operation in action. It behoves ns 
to be persevering, to be vigilant; by argument, by persuasion, 
to convince those who may differ with us in opinion, as to the fit- 
ness of our candidate, the propriety of ourmeasures — and iollow- 
ing his example*, let us use mod(;ration and forbearance; let us be 
tolerant to those who may honestly differ with ns in opmion. 
Union and concert we most earnestly /ecommend. They are always 
necessary to ensure the success of many, engaged in a common 
cause; and become indispensible, successfully to encounter a 
formidable opposition. We have tliat opposition to contend with, 
at home and abroad, Tiic misguided southron, the jealous' office 
holder, and the hungry oflice seeker, the present power and pat- 
ronage of the executive, backed by ail the moral force of Great 
Britain, are combined to produce a destruction of the American 
System. We must act in concert or be overthrown. In our 
elections we should have no collisions to produce ascendencies of 
our opponents in the minority, over ourselves constituting the 
majority. When such an event is likely to arise, every aspirant 
who will prove that he loves principle more than he covets power; 
that he admires the institutions of his country more than he de- 
sires oflice; that he prefers the prosperity of the nation above his 
own individual aggrandizement, bv witi".drawing from the contest^ 
will ekivate himself far above all that he could reach by ofHce or 
power — he will deserve and receive the gratitude of his friends; 
prove himself to be a patriot, worthy of confidence and support-, 
and his merits will ever afterwards be remembered. 

The people of the United States are all members of one 
great family ; our interests are the same ; our end and object should 
be the same, with the great mass it is the same; our happiness 
and prosperity are inseparable; let us be true to ourselves, our 
■principles, our posterity, and our country will continue to be frc'^ 
Ihdependant, prosperous and happy. 



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